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Canadians fleeing Nepal ‘so relieved to be safe’http://www.thestar.com/news/world/2015/04/29/canadians-fleeing-nepal-so-relieved-to-be-safe.html
e84f0a61-baec-4700-92e3-d1818bf2c8b3Wed, 29 Apr 2015 20:19:18 EDT<img src="http://www.thestar.com/content/dam/thestar/news/world/2015/04/29/canadians-fleeing-nepal-so-relieved-to-be-safe/four-canadians.jpg.size.xxlarge.original.jpg"><br/>Four young Canadians studying yoga in Pokhara when Saturday’s quake hit were among those flown out Wendesday on Canadian Forces C-17.
Amrit Dhillon - Special to the StarAmong those flown out of Kathmandu Wednesday by the Canadian Forces were, from left, Kayla Justinich, Jolyane Beruba, Drew Zuro and Chloe Grayson.Amrit Dhillon for the Toronto StarAcid attack: From victim to triumph in Indiahttp://www.thestar.com/news/world/2014/12/29/acid_attack_from_victim_to_triumph_in_india.html
0db94608-68b6-44fe-a2ec-52bacf2f3bfeMon, 29 Dec 2014 08:00:00 EST<img src="http://www.thestar.com/content/dam/thestar/news/world/2014/12/29/acid_attack_from_victim_to_triumph_in_india/sheroes.jpg.size.xxlarge.original.jpg"><br/>A new cafe has opened in India run by five women who had acid thrown in their faces. Says one: “It’s a new beginning for us all.”
Amrit Dhillon - Special to the StarAt Sheroes café, five acid attack survivors — including Ritu, 22 — are running the restaurant and reclaiming their lives.Bernat ArmangueThe Associated PressATM-style machine lets Indian women report abuse without fear http://www.thestar.com/news/world/2014/08/25/atmstyle_machine_lets_indian_women_report_abuse_without_fear.html
f6a802fe-b4d7-41a3-af52-f067afc8901aMon, 25 Aug 2014 14:16:18 EDT<img src="http://www.thestar.com/content/dam/thestar/news/world/2014/08/25/atmstyle_machine_lets_indian_women_report_abuse_without_fear/india_police_complaint.jpg.size.xxlarge.original.jpg"><br/>ICLIK, installed at a bank, gives victims afraid to go to a police station a way to lodge complaints about harassment and abuse — even if they’re illiterate.
Amrit Dhillon - Special to the StarManju Mitra uses the ICLIK machine to file a police complaint in New Delhi. Mitra was fearful after her husband beat her, demanded a bigger dowry and then threatened to kill her if she went to police.AMRIT DHILLONIndia election: Nehru-Gandhi family feud transfixes countryhttp://www.thestar.com/news/world/2014/04/23/india_election_nehrugandhi_family_feud_transfixes_country.html
bf958d30-4e8a-4838-a04e-24a2fdbf93f9Wed, 23 Apr 2014 06:00:00 EDT<img src="http://www.thestar.com/content/dam/thestar/news/world/2014/04/23/india_election_nehrugandhi_family_feud_transfixes_country/sonia_and_family.jpg.size.xxlarge.original.jpg"><br/>War of words has erupted among cousins of Nehru-Gandhi dynasty, the “Kennedys of India.” Differences are personal, political, bitter — and now public.
Amrit Dhillon - Special to the StarPriyanka Vadra, second from left, daughter of Sonia Gandhi, right, recently lashed out at her cousin Varun, charging that he had “gone astray” politically. Until now, the cousins had kept their differences private.Rajesh Kumar SinghThe Associated PressMumbai to ban sexy mannequins in anti-rape movehttp://www.thestar.com/news/world/2013/06/05/mumbai_to_bans_sexy_mannequins_in_antirape_move.html
3495de5b-198a-4ad2-9e77-936a565a589cWed, 5 Jun 2013 08:36:31 EDT<img src="http://www.thestar.com/content/dam/thestar/news/world/2013/06/05/mumbai_to_bans_sexy_mannequins_in_antirape_move/mumbai_mannequins.jpg.size.xxlarge.original.jpg"><br/>Mumbai’s local authority, dominated by Hindu Bharatiyi Janata Party, fears plastic mannequins with lacy bras, panties and stockings will inflame men
Amrit Dhillon - Special to the StarAn Indian man walks past lingerie-clad mannequins in a store window in Mumbai.INDRANIL MUKHERJEEAFP/Getty Images